Adam smiled, bemused and fond, because of course Ronan could dream up miracles that had to be tidied afterward. It was, really, a pretty good summation of most of his creations. Chainsaw came to mind.

"Should we wait until they're paying attention? Or just startle the hell out of them?" he asked. It was the kind of proposition that usually ended up with someone on a wheeled pallet getting keelhauled behind a BMW.